Eating Disorder Facts

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness

The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.

Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents

50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight

Abortion Facts

Number of abortions per year (Worldwide): Approximately 46 Million
Number of abortions per day (Worldwide): Approximately 126,000

Number of abortions per year (U.S.): 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day (U.S.): Approximately 3,700

http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html

Divorce Facts

The slogan: "The family that prays together, stays together" is well known. There has been much anecdotal evidence that has led to "unsubstantiated claims that the divorce rate for Christians who attended church regularly, pray together or who meet other conditions is only 1 or 2 percent". (Emphasis ours). Dr. Tom Ellis, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's Council on the Family said that for "...born-again Christian couples who marry...in the church after having received premarital counseling...and attend church regularly and pray daily together..." experience only 1 divorce out of nearly 39,000 marriages -- or 0.00256 percent.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

Rape Facts

-Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

-Teens 16 to 19 were three and one-half times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. (National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996.)

Premarital Sex Facts

Teens that have a steady diet of music, television, and movies with sexual refrences are two times more likely to have premarital sex then those who don't.